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Summary Of Work While A Link Energy Fellow, Michael T. Colvin

Link Foundation Energy Fellowship Reports

Electrons have an intrinsic property called spin, which is found in one of two states, an “up” and a “down”. The spin state of an electron can be observed and differentiated by applying an external magnetic field and inducing transitions with microwaves. The bulk of my graduate work has focused on understanding, controlling, and transferring spin information in molecular systems in the presence of light. If we can understand and transfer spin information it could be used for quantum computing which could revolutionize computing and information processing. This undertaking is difficult and at this point remains largely unexplored in organic …